Jewelry attachment



Feb. 24, .1942. JELLINEK JEWELRY ATTACHMENT Filed Jan. 25, 1941 mM TQMNL E w% M m w n K r M Patented Feb. 24, 1942;

S PATENT OFFICE 6 Claims.

I ,My, invention relates to improvements in a jewelry attachment andmore particularly to a device adapted to convert and transform articlesof jewelry such as brooches, pins and clips into a pendant. 1

At present there are in common use certain articles of jewelry andnovelty jewelry such as brooches, breast pins, clips, pin clips and thelike, which are detachably secured to the clothing of the wearer by pinsor the like. With their present construction, thesearticles of jewelryre perforce restricted and limited to such use.

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' tions Another objectof my invention is to provide a simple andinexpensive device which can be attached to brooches, clips and thelike, so that the said devices can be worn as pendants.

' Another object of my invention is to provide anovel attachment forcertain articles of jewelry -normally secured to the wearers clothing,en-

abling the said articles to be used as pendants without altering theconstruction of the said articles in any manner whatsoever.

Another object of my invention is to provide 7 a device having theforegoing characteristics erallyexplain thev same without limiting it inany manner.

Fig. 1 is a rear view of a brooch type of article of jewelry with whichmy device may be used.

Fig. 2 is a rear view of my device with part of the chain member brokenaway for the convenience of illustration.

Fig. 3 is a rear view showing my device attached to the brooch shown inFig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view along line 4-4 of Fig. 3. v w

Fig. 5 is a rear view of a clip type of article of jewelry, shownpartially broken away.

Fig. 6 is a rear view of another embodiment of my device.

Fig. 7 is a rear view showing the device illustrated in Fig. 6 assembledwith the clip shown in 1 Fig. 5. I

Sis a sectional view along line 3-8 of Referringto .igs. 1 to 4 of thedrawing, the reference letter .B designates any ornamental type ofbrooch, said brooch having projecting from the rear face thereof themember 10, said member having a pair of parallel spaced projec- H.Pivotally secured between the said projections ll by means of pivot I2is the .pin member l3. Also projecting from the rear face of brooch B isthe safety catch i4, said safety catch being positioned adjacent thefree end-10f pin 13 when said pinis in the closed position. Said'safetycatch I4 is provided with pin locking means i5. The brooch justdescribed'is, a well known and common type of article of jewelryand I.do not wish to limit the applicationof my device to any specific orparticular type ,or style of brooch.-

Specifically, my device or attachment comprises a tubular member orsleeve 2, said tubular member or sleeve being shorter than the length ofpin. l3 with which my device is to be used. It should be noted thatsleeve 2 should not be so short whereby there will be too much play orsliding of pin l3 within said sleeve 2, thereby causing an undesiredtilting of the brooch when said brooch is used as a pendant.

Rigidly secured to the top face of sleeve 2 adjacent each end thereofare the eye members 3, said eye members 3 engaging the link connectingmembers 4, which link members are in turn engaged by the free ends ofthe ornamental chain 5. It should be noted that while I have shown achain 5 it is quite obvious that an ornamental cord or wire or any otherflexible means may be substituted therefor.

My device is assembled with brooch B by merely opening the pin 13 andsliding sleeve 2 over said pin I3, and thereafter closing said pin andlocking the same by means of locking member l5. Now the brooch may beWorn as a pendant or lavaliere simply by placing the chain 5 around theneck of the wearer.

Referring now to Figs. 5 to a of the drawing, the device illustratedtherein is used in conwe junction with the clip type of jewelry having aknown construction and there may be included a suitable spring orsprings whereby each locking bar l and It will be held yieldingly in theoperative or inoperative position.

My attachment or device for enabling clip C to be used as a pendantcomprises a pair of collar or sleeve members 6, said collars or sleevemembers being substantially shorter than locking bars l5 or IE. Each ofsaid sleeves 6 has rigidly positioned at one end thereof an eye member1, each of said eye members engaging the link connecting members 8,which link members are in turn engaged by the free ends of theornamental chain 9.

My device is assembled with clip C by merely raising locking bars I5 andI6 and sliding each of sleeve members 6 over locking bars [5 and IErespectively. The said locking bars are then I snapped into the closedposition. In order that the assemblage may be used as a pendant orlavaliere, it is essential that clip C be in the position shown in Fig.7 so that the weight of said clip will cause the hinge I! to rest uponthe top walls of sleeves 6. Clip C may now be worn as a pendant simplyby placing chain 9 around the neck of the wearer.

For the purpose of convenience, I have designated chains 5 and 9 assuspending members in the claims.

If desired, locking means may be provided for locking sleeve members 6on their respective locking bars.

I have shown and described preferred embodiments of my invention, but itis obvious that numerous changes, omissions and alterations may be madewithout departing from its spirit.

I claim:

1. A jewelry attachment for use with articles of jewelry having a pin,comprising a suspending member, a sleeve member having each of its endssecured to the free ends of said suspending member, said sleeve memberadapted to slide over and engage the pin of the article of jewelry.

2. A jewelry attachment for use with articles of jewelry having a pin,comprising a sleeve, eye members secured to each end of said sleeve anda suspending member having link connecting members secured to the freeends thereof, said link connecting members engaging the eye members ofthe sleeve.

3. A jewelry attachment for use with an article of jewelry having twopins parallel to the vertical axis of said article of jewelry,comprising a suspending member, sleeve members having one of their endssecured to each of the free ends of said suspending member, each of saidsleeve members being adapted to slide over and engage each of the pinsof the article of jewelry.

4. A jewelry attachment for use with an article of jewelry having twolocking bars parallel to the vertical axis of said article of jewelry,comprising a plurality of sleeve members, an eye member secured to eachsleeve, a suspending member having link connecting members secured tothe free ends thereof, said link connecting members engaging the eyemembers of the sleeve members.

5. An auxiliary article for converting a brooch type of article ofjewelry into a pendant, comprising a tubular member adapted to slip overthe pin of the brooch and a suspending member having each of its freeends secured to the ends of said tubular member.

6. An auxiliary article for converting a brooch type of article ofjewelry into a pendant, comprising a tubular member adaptedto slip overand engage the pin of the brooch, the inner diameter of said tubularmember being substantially equal to the diameter of the said pin, and asuspending member having each of its ends secured to the ends of saidtubular member.

MARKUS JELLINEK.

